YG, Mozzy, & Jay Rock: Red Bull Spiral Freestyle
Red Bull Spiral Freestyle is rapidly becoming one of pop culture’s lightning rods, generating viral buzz as performers use the platform to start beef and prove their rap chops via its unique, one-take format. The latest artists to take spin on the Spiral are West Coast gangsta rappers YG, Mozzy, and Jay Rock. Besides being […]
D’Angelo Collaborator Questlove Confirmed New Music ‘Soon’
In October, the music world lost one of its most inspiring, revolutionary artists: Neo-soul pioneer D’Angelo. And while his passing left a hole in the tapestry of pop culture no name, face, or voice could ever fill, his prolific creative drive meant that there could be plenty of music left for him to share. D’Angelo’s […]
Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo React To Their Grammy Noms
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards were revealed last week, and it turns out that the first Wicked movie did pretty well. It’s in the running for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Film & TV), while Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s “Defying Gravity” is up for […]
Benson Boone Reacts To Getting No Grammy Nominations
Last week, the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced. (The ceremony is set to take place on February 1, 2026, live at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, broadcast via CBS and Paramount Plus.) At the 2025 Grammys, Benson Boone was nominated for Best New Artist (Chappell Roan won), but for the 2026 show, […]
Summer Walker’s ‘Finally Over It’ Features: 21 Savage, Latto
Summer Walker has been having a lot of fun with the rollout of her upcoming album, Finally Over It, now that she’s revealed when it’s coming out (this Friday, November 14th). The Atlanta-bred singer has gone all-in on the album’s “marriage of convenience” theme, from its matrimonial cover photo to today’s reveal for its features, […]
Redveil Announces 2026 ‘Sankofa’ Tour Dates
After touring with illustrious collaborators like Freddie Gibbs and Denzel Curry, Maryland rapper Redveil has announced the dates of his headlining tour supporting supporting his upcoming album, Sankofa. The album is inspired by the West African concept of looking to the past to prepare for the future, and is due on December 4. Starting in […]
Jordan Ward 2026 Tour Dates: ‘The Apartment Tour’
With his second album, Backward coming on January 30, St. Louis singer Jordan Ward has announced the dates for The Apartment tour supporting it. Starting in February in Vancouver, BC, at Hollywood Theatre, the tour will feature supporting artists Asha Imuno, Nate Curry, Nali, and Planet Giza. Ward, who played Tyler The Creator’s Camp Flog […]
Mad Cool Festival’s 2026 Lineup: Foo Fighters, Lorde
For at least one weekend every summer, Madrid, Spain is the place to be when the Mad Cool Festival is underway. Next year, the milestone tenth-anniversary edition is going down from July 8 to 11, and today (November 10), the lineup was announced. The biggest names on the poster (in terms of font size) are […]
Charli XCX Shares ‘House’ Featuring John Cale
Charli XCX previously described the music she wrote for the new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights as having an “elegant and brutal sound palette,” adding, “It couldn’t be more different from Brat.” Well, she wasn’t lying. Today (November 10), Charli shared soundtrack cut “House,” a collaboration with The Velvet Underground icon John Cale. As eerie […]
Lorde Cancels A Concert Due To Food Poisoning
Lorde has been trekking around the world on her Ultrasound World Tour recently (here’s what the setlist has looked like). She hit a snag this past weekend, though, when she had a bout of food poisoning severe enough that she had to call off a show. In a message shared on her Instagram Story last […]